I got the pop-up ad again

[joohang]

I got the pop-up window ad again. This time with AT main page.

Screen Shot (PNG)

 

[Dedpuhl]

oh well...

 

[konichiwa]

PING!

 

[Delusion2001]

i hate popups

 

[snow patrol]

Do we really need a screenshot?

 

[Bignate603]

I hate that thing... I don't get anymore on the forums though

 

[Buddha Bart]

I've been getting it on the front page since friday.

bart

 

[John]

I am sure Anand has contacted the ad agency on this already.

 

[jumblies]

Two Words, One link

PopUp Killer

PUK

Death to all popups! Long live the fighters!

 

[Pepsi90919]

Yeah, I keep getting them too for some strange reason.

 

[dcpsoguy]

jumblies,

Do not use that program, or anyother program that blocks ads. You are shortchanging ANANDTECH and any other website by doing this. Ads are one of the only ways that websites make money, and If you block ads, you will make these sites go into financial trouble, and eventually die

 

[jumblies]

Oh please. Popups are annoying! Banner ads are OK, which AT does a nice job with, but PU stink. You can click-close until your finger bleeds, but I'll rely on automation.

If they are so cool, why have there been so many threads started on this rather benign one?

By the way, who died and made you king? Oh, I'm sorry I confused you for human... you're really just in marketing.

 

[shiznut123]

I don't get pop-ups

 

[jumblies]

dcpsoguy,

perhaps you should see what The Boss has to say about this in the other thread?Search text for Anand or Boss
I think you'll find not everyone loves popups as much as you do.

 

[LordMaul]

Yeah...pop ups suck. Banner adds are just fine, but friggen pop ups are suck!!!!

 

[jyrixx]

eh, anand has to make money somehow.

 

[guyver01]

I love Anand's own reply to the popup ad stuff..



<< This really pisses me off, I'm really sorry about this guys, as you all know we definitely do not endorse popups and our ad agency knows very well that I find them completely unacceptable regardless of the price. I just got in and I'm going to get on it right away.

I sincerely apologize for the inconvenience and I will get rid of them asap.

Take care,
Anand
>>

 

[JellyBaby]

Some of us just find no value in ads. I'm one of these fellas. If I see an ad I'm more likely to *avoid* a product because I was born skeptical out of the womb. I'm a researcher who never buys on impulse. Ads might introduce a product to me but never sells one. So for me, blocking ads might actually be beneficial for the companies advertising.

Anyway pop-ups definitely go above most of our tolerance levels. It's because of them that I downloaded WebWasher and more recently this pop-up stopper app. So, it's in the best interests of Anand to yank that pop-up asap, lest everyone starts blocking ads/popus.